Interstitial Prostate Brachytherapy
Interstitial Prostate Brachytherapy

Author: György Kovács

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-06-12

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 3642364993

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Prostate brachytherapy has been the subject of heated debate among surgeons and the proponents of the various brachytherapy methods. This very first interdisciplinary book on the subject provides a comprehensive overview of innovations in low dose rate (LDR), high dose rate (HDR), and pulsed dose rate (PDR) interstitial brachytherapy for the management of local or locally advanced prostate cancer. In addition to detailed chapters on patient selection and the use of imaging in diagnostics, treatment guidance, and implantation control, background chapters are included on related medical physics issues such as treatment planning and quality assurance. The results obtained with the different treatment options and the difficult task of salvage treatment are fully discussed. All chapters have been written by internationally recognized experts who for more than a decade have formed the teaching staff responsible for the successful GEC-ESTRO/EAU Prostate Brachytherapy Teaching Course.

Brachytherapy
Brachytherapy

Author: Phillip M. Devlin

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9780781762779

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Written by the foremost experts in the field, this volume is a comprehensive text and practical reference on contemporary brachytherapy. The book provides detailed, site-specific information on applications and techniques of brachytherapy in the head and neck, central nervous system, breast, thorax, gastrointestinal tract, and genitourinary tract, as well as on gynecologic brachytherapy, low dose rate and high dose rate sarcoma brachytherapy, vascular brachytherapy, and pediatric applications. The book thoroughly describes and compares the four major techniques used in brachytherapy—intracavity, interstitial, surface-dose or mold therapy, and transluminal. Chapters detail particular techniques that are appropriate in specific clinical situations.

Basic and Advanced Techniques in Prostate Brachytherapy
Basic and Advanced Techniques in Prostate Brachytherapy

Author: Adam P. Dicker

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2005-01-25

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 9781841842981

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Prostate brachytherapy (transperineal interstitial implantation of the prostate with either permanent or temporary radioactive sources) has evolved into a sophisticated and definitive treatment modality, used either as monotherapy or in combination with external beam radiation therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer. This popular form of therapy is frequently integrated with neoadjuvant and/or concurrent androgen suppression therapy in the intermediate and advanced risk patient. This book covers both basic and advanced techniques for prostate brachytherapy and is appropriate for the practitioner who is anticipating or currently performing permanent radioactive seed implants. A partial list of topics includes: patient selection, equipment decisions, treatment planning, operative technique, post-implant evaluation, management of acute/long term treatment and follow-up after implant. The accompanying CD-ROM, with video clips, is an invaluable teaching tool. Basic and Advanced Techniques in Prostate Brachytherapy is for practitioners of prostate brachytherapy-urologists, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists and medical physicists.

Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation
Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation

Author: Douglas W. Arthur

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2006-05-23

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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This text is a concise handbook designed to assist the clinician in the implementation of Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI). It includes a review of the principles that underlie APBI, a practical and detailed description of each technique for APBI, a review of current clinical results of APBI, and a review of the incidence and management of treatment related complications. The book encompasses a number of different techniques and approaches that include brachytherapy, intraoperative, and external beam techniques. There is currently no single source that describes these techniques and their clinical implementation.

Conformational Radiation by Brachytherapy in Prostate Cancer; The Establishment of an RTOG 3-D Evaluation Center for Multi-Institutional Studies
Conformational Radiation by Brachytherapy in Prostate Cancer; The Establishment of an RTOG 3-D Evaluation Center for Multi-Institutional Studies

Author: James A. Purdy

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13:

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The work funded by this grant was used to establish credentialing requirements and quality assurance (QA) guidelines for the conduct of national, multi-institutional cooperative group studies of Transperineal Interstitial Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy (TIPPB). A methodology for electronic data exchange of TIPPB treatment planning verification data between institutions participating in a future TIPPB protocol and the 3DQA Center at Washington University in St. Louis has been developed. In addition, the 3DQA Center has developed a credentialing process and QA guidelines to ensure that participating institutions have the proper equipment and appropriate procedures in place to administer TIPPB. A 3D radiation treatment planning (3DRTP) system has been adapted to serve as a 3DQA review Station of clinical and dosimetric data for patients entered on Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) and other cooperative group TIPPB protocols. Remote review software tools that allow centralized QA and dose evaluation have been developed. A database for the TIPPB treatment planning data that can be linked with clinical outcome data has been developed.

Comprehensive Brachytherapy
Comprehensive Brachytherapy

Author: Jack Venselaar

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2012-11-08

Total Pages: 523

ISBN-13: 1439844992

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Modern brachytherapy is one of the most important oncological treatment modalities requiring an integrated approach that utilizes new technologies, advanced clinical imaging facilities, and a thorough understanding of the radiobiological effects on different tissues, the principles of physics, dosimetry techniques and protocols, and clinical expertise. A complete overview of the field, Comprehensive Brachytherapy: Physical and Clinical Aspects is a landmark publication, presenting a detailed account of the underlying physics, design, and implementation of the techniques, along with practical guidance for practitioners. Bridging the gap between research and application, this single source brings together the technological basis, radiation dosimetry, quality assurance, and fundamentals of brachytherapy. In addition, it presents discussion of the most recent clinical practice in brachytherapy including prostate, gynecology, breast, and other clinical treatment sites. Along with exploring new clinical protocols, it discusses major advances in imaging, robotics, dosimetry, Monte Carlo-based dose calculation, and optimization.

Brachytherapy Physics
Brachytherapy Physics

Author: Bruce Thomadsen

Publisher: Medical Physics Publishing Corporation

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 965

ISBN-13: 9781930524248

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This text is organized into 6 sections: Fundamentals; Dosimetry; Interstitial Fundamentals; Interstitial Applications; Intercavitary Applications for Gynecological Cancer, and Unconventiional Delivery Systems. The book includes a CD-ROM containing an electronic version of the book (with many illustrations in full color) plus a compiled list of references.